Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) digits (c) emojis (d) symbols
- 2.🔢 How many characters are in “Nisha-Neem-80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 3.🔐 “pondsandwheelship” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a name or year (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 4.🔐 Is “Kite#Gold#Vine55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔢 How many characters are in “Tent!67”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 6.🔐 Is “drum#boat#mango#58” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 7.🔢 How many characters are in “Saanvi2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 8.🔐 Is “Tent!Gold!2011” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Is “sand_moon_wheel_34” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “Ananya.Sand.51” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 11.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) corn!plum!lamp!54 (b) Arjun2017
- 12.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Fern.Brick.Tiger33” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 13.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rain!Moon!Cloud74 (b) letmein25
- 14.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on your notebook cover (b) in your head (c) on a sticky note (d) in a class chat
- 15.🔐 Is “nest-mango-chai-19” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 16.🔐 Is “password80” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “Drum_Bell_Lake15”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “KitePlumTent14”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestMangoLake89 (b) Rain#46
- 20.🔐 Is “SandPearlRain35” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 21.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud-Wolf-Corn54 (b) Saanvi2016
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) lotus.neem.ship.30 (b) rainshellbrick87
- 23.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NestToastHill16 (b) Wheel.35
- 24.🔐 “Neem@54” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 25.🔐 “chaicloudvine85” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chai!corn!kite!26 (b) plumnestpond75
- 27.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
- 28.🔐 Is “NestRiverChai79” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔢 How many characters are in “Rohan@Moon@76”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 30.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 8
- 31.🔐 “Iloveyou#Boat29” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tiger!Brick!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) mangobellsandgold (b) PlumVineRiver23
- 34.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “golddustwheel51” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 35.🔐 Is “Plum#Bell#Tent76” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔐 Is “Dust_57” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 37.🔐 Is “Ananya!Ship!15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 38.🔐 “Pond#45” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) shorter than 12
- 39.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@brick@pearl@51 (b) River@Shell@2014
- 40.🔐 “boatmoontigermango” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
Answer key
- emojis
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- strong
- 7
- strong
- 10
- weak
- strong
- has a name or year
- corn!plum!lamp!54
- 4
- Rain!Moon!Cloud74
- in your head
- strong
- weak
- 16
- 14
- NestMangoLake89
- strong
- Cloud-Wolf-Corn54
- lotus.neem.ship.30
- NestToastHill16
- shorter than 12
- fewer than 3 kinds
- chai!corn!kite!26
- 3
- strong
- 13
- 12
- has a common word
- 4
- PlumVineRiver23
- 2
- strong
- weak
- weak
- shorter than 12
- vine@brick@pearl@51
- fewer than 3 kinds
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